Stapling-machine.



No, 828,569.. i PATENTED AUG. '14, 1906.

W. H. RAY & E. CRAIG;

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STAPLING MACHINE.

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STAP'LING MACHINE.

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" -WILLIAMIii--RAYIAND EDWARD CRAIG, or s'r. acelera, MICHIGAN,

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To all.. whfimitpmg/y coin-cenni.- Be it knownl that We, WILLIAM H. RAY yand EDWARD'CBAIG, citizens of the United States,

residing' at St.. Joseph, countyj of Berrien,

State of Michigan, have inventeda certain new andi-useful Improvement inA Staplin Machines, l'of which the followin isa speciigication, reference being had to tl e accompan ving drawings, forming part thereof.

Our invention relates to stapling-machines in general, but particularly to machinesi for ation of staplingfruit. boxes or.b askets; to

sta ling fruitboxes and baskets, and es e-' vcia ly to machines capable of driving a p u? rality of staples.`

f Objects ofour invention areto provide a '.simple, an easily-0 erated, and a'highly-eflicient stapling-mac ine.;` to simplify the .opere provide Aimproved means'ffor forming and driving the' staples;` to provide improvedl means for feeding the ,-wire; to insure 'accui racyand certaintyin `the formingand drivi' ing of the staples; to' improve the arrangement and action*r of 'the loop-bars", to providel .2'5

an improved rotary formfo'r holding the box or basket; to provide means for automatic- .allylockingthe form against rotation, and to provide certain details and lfeatures ,of im'- provement tending to render a machine 'of this character serviceable and thoroughly re- To the attainment 'of the foregoing'and other useful ends our'invention consists in mattershereinafter. set forth. and claimed.

-, bodying the principles of our'invention.' Fig.

2-is a plan of thesarne. Fig. 3 is a'fvertical.

section on line in Figi. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the -upper portion of 'the Inachine. Fig. A5-`isa topl view of the rotary ism. Fig. 12 -is a vertical section of the,

form. Fig. 6 is arear view of the same.' Fig. 7 is a detail view fof the ratchet-wheel which locks the rotary form against back rotation. 45

` Specification of Letters Patent. u 'Applicator sled iavember 20,1901. serai No. 82,991.

lsection en ;line 1n asection on line Z Z in Fig. 1 4 and the v.the driver.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is asideelevation of astapling-machine em- Fig. 11 is a vertical secf.

Patented Aug. 14, 1906.

lowerlportion of the machine. Fig. 13 is a side elevation of the`friction-gearin Figs.

14 and 1 5 `illustrate the mechanism 'or form- 55 ing anddrivingfthe staples, the Afirst being a Y in Fig. 15the latter bedi erent parts being in osition'to cut and bend 4the wire into'a stap e.. Figs.. 16 and 17 6o are similar views showing the parts moved to a position in whichrthe wire'is bent into a staple over the 'loop-bar." Figs,` 18 and 19 illustrate lthe parts inposition to drive the staple into the basket. Figs. 20v and 21 65 show the staple driven intothe basket. Fig. `22 is a view of the staple-former.V- Fig. 23'is a lfront view of the staple-former and the driver, the relative positions being the same as inFig. 21. Fig..24 is a perspective of thev 7o staple-former. Fig. 25 is -a perspective of thus illustrated,A ourinvention co'mprises'in general an u right support or stand. ard A, a stationaryT ead' B, aj vertically-re- .7' 5 ciprocating'head- C, a couple ofv reels or spools D, arotatable form E, and arotary shaft F, the latter 'having suitable connection with the said-.reciprocating head. The stationary head B isJmounted upon the upperend o f the 8o standard A, and its front'portio'n overhang's the rotatable" form E.v The rear portion of the said stationary head is provided with the upperand lower feed-rolls, thefu per roll F being provided with ratchet-teeth f andthe 85 lower rolls G -being mounted upon pins H. These pinsare provided with short reduced inner end portions h, and the outer ends of said pins are provided with springs h". By referring to Figs. Sand 9 it will -be seen that A9c the saidportions h are eccentric to the body.' portions Aof the pins-#that is tov say, that the axespf the pins are not'coinc'ident with the axes'of the rolls Which rotate upon the portions h-and -consequently that by rotating 9 5 said pins ,the-lower rolls can be made to `move 1 to or'ffr'om the roll F', the springs 71.', which engage'the screws h2, tending'tohold 'the rolls G against the under side of the upper.

formed is ledin two parallel strands from `two reelsor spools D arid passing from the feed-rolls is forced through guide-tubes b to:n

`the forward end of the head.`

lO ur invention being what we term la doublelhead machine-that is to say, a

forming and driving'ithe staples. ying from the forward portion of the reci roviov .machine ca able o'f driving two staples at a timef-theorward portions of the two heads are therefore m-ade'double, or, in other words, provided with duplicate mechanisms VAfor Dependeating head C area pail.` of drivers I, W- 'ch reciprocate: in boxes b,formed at theforward end of the head B; The staplelfrmers J, which coperatewith the loop-bars K in forming the w`ire into suitable staples, 'are connected with the `headwC by-means of springs .-7'. These lstaple-formers 'lie flat against the drivers, are each provided'with a slot j', which terminates in a circular opening 7'2.

correspondingto the" opening jz. Each staple-former is locked toits adjacent driver" `by means'of a pin L, which extends through the openings jg and i.- These' pins -are eachformed with a flattened inner end adapted to slide in the slot j t former, and during the reciprocatin ef the head Cthese pins have shuttle'flikemofvements, caused bythev grooves b? 4and, b3. The loop-bars K are 'removably secured't'othe lowerY ends of the'levers"M,`the saidlever'sfbe- 'ingfpivoted at m and provided at.tleir'up-` per ends with lugs m.

r The head o is Shown a the limit ef itsflp:

stroke, and in this position the loop-bars are maintained in position beneath 4the wire ll by "swing'ba'ek out .of the' path of the drivers.

The two-boxes b b are each provided with4 a'v plate b, 'which bears against the driver' and the staple-former and which serves. as a means for taking up'wear, the lplate being backed by adjusting-'screws b5, The head C is'mounted upon the Vupper end of the rod c", which extends downwardly through the head B and-thestandard A and which is suitably connected' at its lower 'end with an. "eccentricxf on theshaftvF. The feed-'roll F 1s intermittingly rotatedv by thepawls c3 `and c4, whichdepend from the rear portion of. the head C and which engagethe ratchet-teeth f, it being observed that with this doublepawl'arrangement the feed-roll vreceives "a partial rotation b'oth on the up and the down stroke of the head. In this' way' the wire is Each driver is provided with a portion i, which slides inv the slot jf, and each" driver is also 'provided with anpening i',

portion '1, e staplefed accurately and without danger ef slipping.

engagement with the teeth f.

The form E is adapted to hold the box or basket to be stapled and is arranged directly below thevforward portion of the head B.

projects from the up er end of the standard A. In this' way the orm'is supported for ro tation about ahorizontal axis, so as to permit the vfour sides of the basketto be successively ing rotation in an opposite direction we providethe form with a pin e2,`which is held These teeth .are :four in number, -and 'the ratchet device thus provided enables the op eratorto properly position the form-that is tb say, enables him to turn the'form4 so as to successively bring its four sides or -faces into ;a horizontal position beneath the driver.- In

the locking-pin c6. This pin is carried by the -head C, and each time' the head descends the lpinenters one of the said openingsor sockets 1n' the form. A second and similar pin c7 is arranged beneath theform'. This second p'in is also adapted to f engage in .the openings or sockets in the form and is. operated. by the foot-lever or t'readlej` through the medium of the'lever c8 and the rod c". e 'f2 *is' depressed," the pin c7 enters a socket in the form. The clench-blocks e' are preferably -removable and are held .place by Asetscrewse5.

'fermand construction, Abut preferablyconsist of upper and lower members d and d', the wire being wound "upon the latter `and the vformer serving as a'cov'er. -The relative formation offthe'two members-is preferably A verf2 isfulcrume'd at f5, and `its short-arm f 6 is connected with a collaror yokefl, which engages the hub of the pulley. With this arrangement `a depression of the 'foot-leverlwill -mount a disk e"on` the end of the arbor andv 4A coil-springv c5serves"to`.kee'p `the pawls in This form is mounted upon' an a'rbor A', which .broughtinto position for` stapling. Each (See The form rotates to the right, and 4as a simple and effective device for preventf I -1n Iengagementwith the teeth on theinner fac'e ofthe disk by means of a spring e3.

9.5 order to prevent the' form from turning during I the clenching of the staples, we provide the l' said form with sockets e4, adapted to 'receive XOO When the lever i The' reels or spools D .may beof any suitable such that ther'eel is vrovid'ed with an annular be automatically interrupted, so, as to'stopfor this reason-.weprovide a swinging f8,'which has its lower end Aiuatec'l tor engage the lever f2. 'The leverfZ is' ly the late'h againstJ 'the side of said eleven chineby pressing-down the treadle orfoot-i and the staples have been driven heme and the head has regained its normal `or elevated lows: T

.former as it moves downward cuts ofa 4 .the'endof groove ligandlthis?shuttle-like` hoopof-'tlre' baskea'jthatthe drivers are in "psition to drive thev'stapl'esinto, thebasket, '60" r out of the way bythefdeseendingudrivers, the relatively thi n'portion dof the pawls C emitting the levers M- to swingout at their i i the'structure of the machine as a whole, but

" time to turnthe form, the Stoppa es always 4fore, that in order tostaple the four; sides of an ordinary berry-basket it will be necessary gator-then depresses Vthe foot-lever, thereby' locking the form and starting the head C on"4 its downward movement.

movement of the head causes the drivers and in the operationfis fsubstantiallyasshown in agarre-and 19, fromwhich it will ,bei Seen! on theA partfof the head will now cause the i j eaaseei cone, ther its connection with said-'Shat- *,-lt'fisidesirable, however, that therotation oftheshat the reciproeation of the headlong eneug'h to` permit the operatorfto turn the formi' and atcb eldnorma raised by a spring'f, and a spring. f 1. holds When depressed, the lever engagesvthe notch in the lower end of the latch, andin this way the-pulley islookedin engagement with thecone. until'the 'in'. v ,on thegeccentriccam strikes the beve f12 on the -lever, "and thereby Forces the' latter tonne s'id'e. ll With this ar` rangement` the operator can start'the malever,. and whenthe head Chas descended position themachine will then be automatieallystopped in order togi've the operator'.

occurring ata time when the hea isat'the limit v,Ofits upstroke. It will be seen,I thereto press the lever four times; r

. The o eration of stapling a basketlis as.fol'. he vblanks and hoops are. vfirst, ad. justed in place uponthe forni, and `the oper The downward the stapleormers to descend in unison, being looked together bythe pins L, and` each length ofv wire and bends -it into a-stapl`e over the loop-barrflSeeFigs.' 14 to 17, in;

continuing to -deseend,leachjpin" is shiftedby reason ofk 'its end striking-the-f bevel'- at movement on'the artofl th'ejpins operates to release thestap e-forniers .from the drive ers, the attened portions of-"l the -pins being i fivhwrdilnthf slots`j. -l'lhej'relativepos'ition f th'edrivers,

that the stapleformers` are restingluponfthef and that the looplbars have' been pushed ver ends'.4 Further downward movement ,inal downward movement on the part of the' drivers `thei staple-formers vremain stationary, and consequently that the springs j are com ressed. Having reached the tions below portion c of the pawls crowdingl the upper -ends of the levers M outward.` vVVhenthe downward stroke, thereby forcing the staples home and clenchingthem on the clench.

.blocks it being observed' that during this limit of' its ownstroke,v the head' iiow begins vto rise. They upward movement of the ahead. `causes the drivers to rise also, the pressure of the springs y" holding the-staple-'formers down nntil'the pins L are brought-opposite to the openings jz.

bevel at the en'd of. eaehgr'oove b3 forcesv the pin back int'o the saidbp'ening 72, and the* At this juncture the.`

v.drivers and staple-formera then rise together.` f

it will also be'seenthat 1this return ofthe turn'` the loopl-bars to" their operative4 posi-. t e drivers, the relatively thick i. head t. its normal position" operates torehead 'reaches the limit of its upstroke, the

Vmachine is then automatically stoppedA by )the automaticI release of the clutch (pre'4 vioslyv described,) and' the operator canthen turn the ,form so as to s idepf the basket. t

' Wlth further reference to the rotary form 'Ejandcleneh-blocks .e it will be observed present .another that-,each ofthe latter is supported by a coil'- s v`s`pring" 'e.. These s rings are adapted to re;

sist thepressure o the drivers-to Yanexterrt sufficienti to vinsure the 'fclenehingl ."of ,the`

staples. In case, however, 'the stock'on material isv thicker than necessar springs thusarranged and appliedlen'ablefthe stock. r

formeiland driver. andunloeking them, and

is,- as reviously explained, 'adapted I"and arthe said 'd vsprings y would4 yield, and .there y-A prevent '-`t` "reakage. `A yielding' o nthe part ofA the L i Isprings andthe clench-blo'eks fwi'll also preu `vent the'drivers fror'nlcrnshing ormutilating th-e stock in 'easefthetlatter is,:'as'v1stated, thicker thannecess'ary." 'nftherwords, the

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range' for reciproeationj'in a. guid'eway "or passage extending transverselythou h said;` -former and'driver.g"1tisgthereforeo vious that this feature k C'irr invention is capable 'selves to thefpartieu'lar axis which is notoniy fijiedwithfrespeetrtoalso relatively to the forinitself.

lAsillustrated, -it will be seen that the two pawls c3 and 'c4 are carried or pivotally mounted on. the vtwo parallel upper-reciprocatin 'portions Z of the reciprocating head C. he pawl c3 is pivotally mounted at -e, while the pawl c4 is pivotally mounted at z. With this arrangement the lower ends of the two pawls, together with the feed-rolls, are conveniently embraced between the stationlary parallel portions Z Z', it being observed that the upper of said feed-rolls is f eerably mounted u on a removable bolt 2. Inthis i way only t e upper' feed-'roll F is positively actuated, thejtwo lower and' independentlymounted feed-rolls Gbein merely idler-rolls. Such Vlosing the case the owen rolls are advanta eously and 'eifectiveiy adjusted orfv move toward andawa'y from they upperroll through the medium of theec'centric-pins H,

as previously explained, It will be readily,

- understood-that itis ofcourse desirablefto 'thus adjust thel rolls relatively to eachother iirorder that the necessary degree ogripon.

the wire may be insured--that is to say, the degree of grip necessary for feeding the wire.' As the two sets of devicesfor driving the two staples are arranged at'opposite sides of the axis of the form, it is evident that, one set f balances thepressure of the other and 'that each counteracts the tendency of the other to rotate the'formthat is to say, the two lines of thrust exerted by the staple-drivers pass at opposite sides oi thefaxiscf relative rotation.y

The different sides of the form are preferably gravity outoi the vstaple-driver and so that the staple formers I equidistant from its axis.l

The springs. h are of `course adapted to be flexed. laterally, so as to disengage their held ends, and thereby relieve the eccentric-pins from-sprin tension and permit' the rolls to separate,- t e arrangement also permitting ready removal of the different parts.

As shown more clearly in- Fig. .4, the two,

arms M M are mountedon the outside of the machine and out of the paths of the drivers,

so that each anvil or loop-bar can. swing by path of its associated and drivers are'between the two arms upon Y which the loop-bars or anvils aremounted What we claim as our invention is- 1. 'A stapling-machine comprising a reciprocatinghead astaple-driver rigidly connected withl saidhead; a staple-former having a yieldingconnectionvwith saidhead; a. pin extending transversely through the stajple-driv'er and staple-former for tne purpose gefhnormally loclingfthe two' together and means for reciirocatin -saidpin and therebyA alternately loc ing an unlocking the stapledriver and staple-formeragainst relative movement, said means being adapted to alternately engage opposite ends of said pin.

2'. A stapling-inachine.comprising a stapledriver; a staple-former havin a slot a reciprocating pin for noriii'ally loc g-the staple- 'stares driver' and staple-former against relative shift; means forreciprocating the stapledriver and staple-former, cams adapted and 'arranged to alternately engage the opposite 'ends of saidlocking-pim said pin bein provided with a flattened or reduced en portion adapted: to traverse said slot in the staple-former.

3. A stapling-ma'chine.comprising a recip-l rocating head; a staple-driver rigidly secured thereto; a sta le-form'ei havinga yielding connection wit "said head; a reci rocatin pin carried by said staple-driver an adapte to alternately en age and release the stapleformer; opposite y-arranged camsfor shifting said pin, and a suitable loopbar coper-- atingwith the staple-formen 4. A stapling-machine comprising' a stapleformer'andstaple-driver and a loop-bar associated to cooperate in forming and driving the staples; a locking devicelarranged for. re-

.c'iprocation in said -st'aple-forinerand stapledriver; and means arranged; at opposite sides of said staple-former' and staple-driver and adapted toengage said locking devicei'or'the' purpose of 'reciprocating the .latter in such manner as to alternately'llock the stapleformer and staple-driver `together` and unlock them. v

5. A stapling-machine comprising a staple former and staple-driver arranged Jfor relative movement and each provided withI a transverse opening a locking device adapted and arranged to reciprocate in said 'openin s;

and cams .arranged to alternately engage .t ie opposite ends of said locking device, so as to reciprocate thelatter and thereby alternately lock. the staple-former and staple-driver together and unlock them.

6. A stapling-mac'hine comprising reciproeating instrumentalities for forming and driving the staples', said instrumentalities in- 'cluding a staple-former and staple-driver, and a reciprocating pin for normally lockingv the same a ainst relative movement; powerdriven mec anism by whichsaid instrumentalities. arereciprocated through the medium. of suitable power-transmitting connections;A stationary oppositely-arranged camsfor reciprocating said pin; means for -manually causing said power-driven mechanism to reciprocate the driving and forming instrumen-f 'talities; an' automatic lookin devicefor lockpin for' normally locking the same against relative-movement a rotary shaft byY which IOO iio`

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said headis reciprocated lthrough the mediu m of suitable power-transmitting connections; oppositelyrarranged cams for vreciprocating said. pin at right angles to its bodily ically locks the pulley in engagement with f the cone and means for automatically releasing the pulley at the end .of a complete revolution, whereby said pin is automatically' brought to a condition of rest in its normal position. 8.v stapling-machine comprising a reciprocatmg head having a staple-former and staple-driver, and a reciprocating pin for normally locking the same against relative movement; a rotary shaft by which said head is reciprocated through the medium of suitable t power-transmitting connections; oppositelyposition.

arranged cams for reciprocating said pin at right angles toits bodilymovement a clutch on said shaft a foot-lever for operating said clutch, so as tostart and stop the machine; a latch Lfor automatically locking the lever and thereby'maintaining a reciprocation on the part ofsaid head; and a projection` carried by said shaft andarranged-to strike the latch-and thereby release the lever at the-end of a complete revolution of the said shaft',

and at the end of the upstroke of the said head, whereby said pin is automatically brought to a condition of rest in its normal 9; A stapling-machine com prising a loopbar; A.a sta le-iormer adapte to coperate with said oop-barin'reducing the wire to i staple form; a staple-driver adapted to drive the completed staples; the staplejformer and driver being mounted for relative sliding.v movement ,a short pin mounted for'recipro-v cation in the staple-driver; a cam for forcing" said'pininto engagement with the staple-v forrner to lock the staple-driver and :stapleformer together during the ,operation `of forming a staple; and another'cam adapted to engage the other end of said pin' and thereby permit the staple-drivervto-k slide relative to the staple-former during the,v operation of driving the completedstaple. -v

10. A fstaplingrmachine comprising stapling mechanism; a pair of feed-rolls for feeding thewire; an eccentric-pin upon which one rollis mounted; and s ring means applied to said eccentric-pm ,an 'adapted to yieldingly prevent the latter from rotating, and whereby one roll is yieldinglyv presented to the other, said s ring means consisting of a {ieXible and resi ient member having one end secured to' the said eccentric-pin, and the other vend detachably held, whereby said spring may be flexed or sprung laterally to disengageits held end and thereby relieve the eccentric-pin from spring tension and permit the rolls to se arate,vas described.

11. A s'tap ing machine comprising stapling. mechanism a pair of feed-rolls for feedmg the wire;'an eccentric-pin upon which oneroll is mounted; a spring having one end secured to said eccentric-pin, and a stop adapt- .'.ed to engage the free end portion of said spring; whereby the said pin is yieldingly prevented from rotating, AandA `one roll is yieldingly'presented to the other, said spring being adapted-to be'sprung laterally to disengage its held end and thereby relieve the eccentric-pin from spring tension and permit the rolls to separate, as described.'

, 12. In a machine of the class specified, the combination of a staple-former J, a stapledriver I, an anvil K,a lever M, means for securing the anvil to the lowerend .of said lever, a pivot 'm for said lever,`located at one side of the driver to make the anvil swing by gravity out of the path of the said driver, a projection m. onthe upper end of said lever, above the said pivot, and a cam-finger C havingacam c and-.a depression c, said cam adapted to engage the said'projection on the upper end of the lever to vswing the anvil into p ace relatively to the said former.

13. In a machin vof theclass speciiied,the

combination of staple-formers, staple-drivers', means for operating the same,`a pair of arms M M, one at each side of the machine, on the outside thereof, anvils or loov -bars on lthe lower ends of said*arms, cam- C for engaging .the upper ends of saidarms, to positively move the'anvils or loop-bars into the pathsof thestaple-drivers, pivots Vm mforffsaid arms, located outside of thesta-y 'ple-drivers to 4permit said anvils or loop-bars 105 gers C Ido toswing by gravtyfout of the paths thereof,

andsuitable means for supporting the work and resisting the' thrust vof said staple-drivers when the staples are driven. A Signed by us at. Chicago, `Illinois, this 9th day ofNovember,'1901;`

'- WILLIAM H. RAY..

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